Wilde, Oscar
1854 - 1900

Oscar Wilde was born in a physician's family in Dublin in 1854. His mother had literary interests. Wilde later attended...

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Waugh, Hillary
1920 - 2008

The American mystery novelist Hillary Baldwin Waugh was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Hillhouse...

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Conrad, Joseph
1857 - 1924

He was born under the name of Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Berdychiv, Ukraine. His family belonged to the lower ...

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O'Neill, Eugene
1888 - 1953

The American playwright Eugene O'Neill, the son of actors James O'Neill and Ella Quinlan, was born in a Manhattan hotel....

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